Vocabulary through images: bottle

bot‧tle

1 [countable] a container with a narrow top for keeping liquids in, usually made of plastic or glass:

an empty bottle

a wine/milk/beer etc bottle

bottle of

a bottle of champagne

2 [countable] also bottleful the amount of liquid that a bottle contains:

Between us, we drank three bottles of wine.

3 [countable] a container for babies to drink from, with a rubber part on top that they suck, or the milk contained in this bottle:

My first baby just wouldn't take a bottle at all.

4

the bottle

 alcoholic drink - used when talking about the problems drinking can cause:

Peter let the bottle ruin his life.

hit the bottle (=regularly drink too much)

She was under a lot of stress, and started hitting the bottle.

be on the bottle British English (=be drinking lot of alcohol regularly)

5 [uncountable] British English informal courage to do something that is dangerous or unpleasant [= nerve]:

I never thought she'd have the bottle to do it!

6

bring a bottle

British English bring your own bottle American English used when you invite someone to an informal party to tell them that they should bring their own bottle of alcoholic drink

➔ hot-water bottle

Definition from the Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
Advanced Learner's Dictionary.